I guess you just dont understand, this would NOT be for a beginner or someone who wants to buy lenses off the shelf, this is for someone who already has or wants to use M42 manual focus lenses IN PARTICULAR. It wouldnt be for those other cases at all. I think you are trying generalize to much, no camera does it all or is for everyone, and a M42 DSLR would just be another specific camera designed to do a specific thing.
jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:15 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ What would be the benefit to someone buying their first DSLR?. Don't discredit the allure of AF too quickly. People new to photography like AF, and they like it a lot. Any M42 mount DSLR would only appeal to those who already own a lot of M42 lenses. So the limited market for it would either make it an extremely expensive piece of kit, or very cheap & nasty. Also the inability buy a lens on demand is a big minus. Why scour eBay & the second hand stores for the lens you want when you can buy a brand new Canon, Nikon or Pentax AF lens? Cheers, Dave At 09:41 AM 21/02/2007, you wrote: >An M42 DSLR would not be old technology would it? >The whole purpose of one would be to use the millions >of quality M42 lenses in existance with the highest >degree of technology possible with those lenses. I dont >think that any new M42 lenses need to be produced, or that >AF or lack of it, really matters whatsoever. Its to utilize the old >manual focus M42 lensess already in existance. I do think it will >happen eventually, because eventually the entire 35mm and smaller SLR >formats will be nearly all digital and there are just way too many good >auto aperture M42 lenses to ignore forever. BTW, If you actually prefer >manual focussing for a lot of situations, and there are many who do, >manual focus lenses are better than AF lenses for that application >because Manual focus smoothness had to be seriously compromised to be >able do AF in AF lenses. >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >John Celio >Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:08 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > > >Although it would be pretty cool if it happened, I don't think an M42 >dSLR has a snowball's chance in hell of being made. Why? Simple >answer: old > >technology just doesn't sell well. Modern consumers want convenience, >and as far as cameras go, that means full automation, including >autofocus. Those of us with an appreciation for the past are too few in >number to make >an M42 dSLR camera profitable. > >And really, the bottom line here is "profitable." > >I could give more reasons, if you'd like, but don't take this as an >"it's a stupid idea!" response. I think it'd be pretty cool, as I >said, just not >economically feasible. > >John > >-- >http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto >----- Original Message ----- >From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260086611089 > > > > It seems the Pentax M42 quality lens market is still very strong and > > getting even stronger lately. I have never seen one of these sell > > for over $400 until now. ( I bought my first one for $100 in '88 ) > > Could you imagine what would happen to this SMCT market if somebody > > did produce a auto aperture supporting M42 DSLR? > > > > jco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
